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the "one billion rising" campaign staged rallies, dances and vigils in dozens of major cities. the events were held to coincide with valentine's day. the united nations has estimated that one of every three women worldwide, is raped or beaten in the course of a lifetime. a long-time leader in american a new implantable device that restores some vision in the blind won approval today in the united states. the food and drug administration agreed to allow use of the argus 2 retinal prosthesis. it uses electrodes in the retina that receives signals from a wireless camera on a pair of glasses. initially the device will help small numbers, but it may ultimately treat vision disorders in millions. a long-time leader in american foods-- heinz is being sold to a group that includes warren buffett. the $23.3 billion deal announced today will make heinz a privately held company. on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average lost nine points to close at 13,973. the nasdaq rose a point to close at 3,198. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: there
the "one billion rising" campaign staged rallies, dances and vigils in dozens of major cities. the events were held to coincide with valentine's day. the united nations has estimated that one of every three women worldwide, is raped or beaten in the course of a lifetime. a long-time leader in american a new implantable device that restores some vision in the blind won approval today in the united states. the food and drug administration agreed to allow use of the argus 2 retinal...
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it's on the damascus highway to the city of hoams and to the coast. and at the free syrian arm the sort of moderate resistance has been doing is using areas in lebanon to, say, bring their families to safety if they can get out. we talked to a couple of fighters who had done exactly that yesterday. they said they are... the rebels have held that town for quite a while. but they are being pounded and pounded from the air. it's really hollowed out, but there are still probably tens of thousands of civilians there. i said to this young man, how are they surviving? he said we've dug shelters under the buildings that remain but this is where assad has turned the tide in the area around qusair. these people are getting are really getting cut off. i did ask how did he know? he said most of the fighters that they do see on ground from the assad forces are hezbollah. i said how do you know? and he said, well, first of all they have uniforms but they have m16 rifles, he said. not even the syrian army has m16s. he said they wear these uniforms, they cover their
it's on the damascus highway to the city of hoams and to the coast. and at the free syrian arm the sort of moderate resistance has been doing is using areas in lebanon to, say, bring their families to safety if they can get out. we talked to a couple of fighters who had done exactly that yesterday. they said they are... the rebels have held that town for quite a while. but they are being pounded and pounded from the air. it's really hollowed out, but there are still probably tens of thousands...
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in libya, a confrontation escalated as militiamen surrounded the justice ministry in the capital city, tripoli. it's the third day of trouble, as armed groups test the government's political transition. gunmen stood guard today beside trucks mounted with anti- aircraft guns. roads around the justice ministry were sealed off, the building was closed, and visitors were turned away. the militias are trying to force out members of moammar gadhafi's regime who are still in government posts. the parliament of cyprus narrowly passed a multibillion- dollar bailout plan today, avoiding national bankruptcy. the government struck the deal with its euro partners and the international monetary fund last week. officials had warned that without the agreement, the country faced economic collapse and possible withdrawal from the euro system. the deal has angered many cypriots by forcing large bank depositors to take major losses on their savings. the u.s. economy is giving off more signals of growth. consumer confidence rose in april, after falling in march. the conference board, a private research gr
in libya, a confrontation escalated as militiamen surrounded the justice ministry in the capital city, tripoli. it's the third day of trouble, as armed groups test the government's political transition. gunmen stood guard today beside trucks mounted with anti- aircraft guns. roads around the justice ministry were sealed off, the building was closed, and visitors were turned away. the militias are trying to force out members of moammar gadhafi's regime who are still in government posts. the...
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that moved water to holding basins closer to the city. elsewhere, the fire has consumed stands of thick oak and pine as it closes in on the city west of yosemite. >> going up and down the canyons we don't know where it's coming up and we don't know from day-to-day which community is threatened. so little spooky. >> the rim fire now is the largest on record in california's sierra nevada mountains. investigators are trying to determine how it started. the u.s. secretary of homeland security said her agency is better prepared to respond to natural disasters and to terrorism. janet napolitano gave her farewell speech today and touted the don't handling of hurricane sandy, the gulf oil spill and the boston marathon bombing. >> each of these challenges tested us in new ways. they presented new opportunities for us to learn, grow and get better at what we do as a department and as a nation. i'm proud of our accomplishments and the men and women across dhs that made them possible. i'm proud of how far we've come over the past four-and-a-half year
that moved water to holding basins closer to the city. elsewhere, the fire has consumed stands of thick oak and pine as it closes in on the city west of yosemite. >> going up and down the canyons we don't know where it's coming up and we don't know from day-to-day which community is threatened. so little spooky. >> the rim fire now is the largest on record in california's sierra nevada mountains. investigators are trying to determine how it started. the u.s. secretary of homeland...
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pbs news hour weekend is made possible by the wallick family, the milst erksz in family, the city foundation, lose land p. walter. corporate funding by mutual of ameri america, designing customized individual and group retirement products, that's why we're you're retirement company. additional support provided by, and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> good morning and welcome to forum. i'm michael krasny. hello, i'm dave iverson. 20 years ago in the winter of 1993 michael krasny hosted his first forum program. he has been at it ever since conducting conversations with the authors and artists, leaders and innovators, scientists and scholars who shape life in the bay area, the nation, and the world. a conversation that's also a daily exchange with all of you. michael is also the author of three books, including "off mike: a memoir of talk radio and literary life." and since 1970 he has been a professor of english at san francisco state university. he has also been a visiting and
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. >> reporter: but the man the world most reveres wanted to be buried far from the capitol city in the village he called his home, even when politics became his life. born in the british empire, he will be buried in a distant corner of a country that is in every sense his. the man who made the miracle of modern south africa, who brought a nation with him on his long walk to freedom. though the world now mourns and presidents will visit, it is ode south africans who gain from his struggle and in finding out what this democracy looks like without him. >> woodruff: a short time ago, i spoke with lydia polgreen, johannesburg bureau chief for the "new york times." lydia polgreen, thank you for talking with us. >> my pleasure, judy. >> woodruff: how are south africans reacting today to mandela's death? are they all black and white united in their view of him? >> overwhelmingly i would say yes. today i was outside his home in an upscale suburb of johannesburg. and there were not just black and white, there were, you know, yalmke and muslim knitted prayer caps. there were young and old, people
. >> reporter: but the man the world most reveres wanted to be buried far from the capitol city in the village he called his home, even when politics became his life. born in the british empire, he will be buried in a distant corner of a country that is in every sense his. the man who made the miracle of modern south africa, who brought a nation with him on his long walk to freedom. though the world now mourns and presidents will visit, it is ode south africans who gain from his struggle...
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in egypt, a general strike in the city of port said entered a sixth day, with major new protests. thousands of people rallied in the streets waving signs and chanting slogans demanding that president mohammed morsi step down. they also denounced his call for new elections, beginning in april. >> ( translated ): morsi's call for parliamentary elections is null. i want to give a message to morsi who is a representative of the muslim brotherhood group. i want to tell him that port said is the one that will get rid of this regime. we have started this revolution and we started our strike. we do not fear them. >> sreenivasan: one opposition leader mohammed el-baradei said holding elections amid the current upheaval is a recipe for disaster. his group threatened a boycott of any vote unless morsi first agrees to political talks. the states of texas and georgia executed two men last night, by lethal injection. carl blue was put to death in texas for dousing his girlfriend with gasoline and setting her on fire in 1994. she died later. and in georgia, andrew allen cook was executed for kil
in egypt, a general strike in the city of port said entered a sixth day, with major new protests. thousands of people rallied in the streets waving signs and chanting slogans demanding that president mohammed morsi step down. they also denounced his call for new elections, beginning in april. >> ( translated ): morsi's call for parliamentary elections is null. i want to give a message to morsi who is a representative of the muslim brotherhood group. i want to tell him that port said is...
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from the economic and social ills of the nearby city. the school serves many low income families and faces tight budgets and declining enrollment. >> so what's the number part that i'm-- . >> reporter: just three years ago almost half of clintondale's 9th graders were failing math, science and english. and overall school performance was ranked in the lowest five percent in michigan. >> principal greg green decided to take a risk. >> frankly, we weren't doing very well. and so you know, we had to make a change. i mean we were desperate for change. >> brown: his aha! moment came while coaching his 11-year-old son's baseball team. having learned to record and post instructional videos for his players to watch outside of practice, he was struck by how much time was then left to focus on individual players on the field. he saw the educational potential starting with the power of videos. >> kids can go back and watch them as many times as they want. and me as an instructor or expert, i don't have to redo it all the time. and i can spend my tim
from the economic and social ills of the nearby city. the school serves many low income families and faces tight budgets and declining enrollment. >> so what's the number part that i'm-- . >> reporter: just three years ago almost half of clintondale's 9th graders were failing math, science and english. and overall school performance was ranked in the lowest five percent in michigan. >> principal greg green decided to take a risk. >> frankly, we weren't doing very well....
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>> through the city of antwerp, which is the main diamond cartier in belgium, we have eight in every ten uncut diamond and five in every ten uncut diamonds. it's worth billions. >> sreenivasan: thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. >> sreenivasan: the civilian death toll in afghanistan has dropped for the first time in six years. a new report today from the united nations said more than 2,700 civilians died last year. that was down from more than 3,100 the previous year. still, violence claimed the lives of more women and girls, up 20% from 2011. the new data came a day after president hamid karzai banned afghan troops from calling in air strikes in residential areas. the former top u.s. commander in afghanistan is going to retire, instead of becoming the overall nato commander in europe. president obama announced today that marine general john allen will end his military career. allen's nomination for the nato post was put on hold last fall, amid questions about e-mail exchanges with a woman in florida. the general was cleared of all wrongdoing, but he said today he needs to focu
>> through the city of antwerp, which is the main diamond cartier in belgium, we have eight in every ten uncut diamond and five in every ten uncut diamonds. it's worth billions. >> sreenivasan: thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. >> sreenivasan: the civilian death toll in afghanistan has dropped for the first time in six years. a new report today from the united nations said more than 2,700 civilians died last year. that was down from more than 3,100 the previous...
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public health crisis in the city in the wake of rising gun violence. >> the people who come in after having been shot are some of the highest risk folks. these are people who have been shot, who may have been shot before, and really without some intervention, without some life- changing moment, the trajectory's either going to be jail or death. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> suarez: and, as a magistrate grants oscar pistorius bail, we talk to charlayne hunter gault about how his arrest has focused attention on the unusually high rate of violence against women in south africa. >> domestic violence is shot through the entire society from the highest of the highed in socioeconomic terms to the lowest of the low. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing supp
public health crisis in the city in the wake of rising gun violence. >> the people who come in after having been shot are some of the highest risk folks. these are people who have been shot, who may have been shot before, and really without some intervention, without some life- changing moment, the trajectory's either going to be jail or death. >> woodruff: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> suarez: and, as a magistrate grants oscar pistorius bail, we...
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(bag pipes playing "amazing grace)" the city's mayor paid tribute to the crew. >> the city of prescott, you and i, we lost 18, 19 wonderful individuals, family men, and it was like that. >> woodruff: elsewhere family members of those killed spoke of their loved ones. kevin was recalled by his sister as a third-generation firefighter who wanted to follow in his father's footsteps. >> my parents lost a son. my brother lost his best friend and i lost my guardian angell. it's never going to be forgotten. >> woodruff: and andrew ashcraft who leaves four children, was mournd by his wife. >> we celebrate who he is and will always be. he's an angell for us now. >> woodruff: an investigative team is being deployed to the area where the firefighters died. this fire is part of a larger trend. >> we are in a long-term drought. that keeps on being repeated. but that's what we're seeing with these mega fires that's throughout the southwest. not only here but other areas. >> woodruff: in addition to the yarnell hill blaze 15 other major wild fires continue to burn in the western united states. in lig
(bag pipes playing "amazing grace)" the city's mayor paid tribute to the crew. >> the city of prescott, you and i, we lost 18, 19 wonderful individuals, family men, and it was like that. >> woodruff: elsewhere family members of those killed spoke of their loved ones. kevin was recalled by his sister as a third-generation firefighter who wanted to follow in his father's footsteps. >> my parents lost a son. my brother lost his best friend and i lost my guardian angell....
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parts of newcastle city center are flooded this evening after the river thine burst its banks. tonight the risk of coastal flooding continues for north sea coasts where the environment agency are warning of the worst storm surge in 60 years. those deadly floods of 1953 took the lives of more than 350 people in england and scotland as the torrent of water hit the coastline. today's storm is now heading for northern europe taking the stormy weather away from the uk with the danger of flooding coast receding late tomorrow. the u.n. security council authorized new military action in the war-torn central african republic today. the former french colony has descended into chaos since a coup last march. a reported 100 people died today as muslims and christians battled in the capital. in yemen, a coordinated attack killed more than 50 people at the defense ministry. the victims were medical staffers, including a number of foreigners. smoke billowed after a suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives through the complex's gates. the blast cleared the way for a vehicle full of gun
parts of newcastle city center are flooded this evening after the river thine burst its banks. tonight the risk of coastal flooding continues for north sea coasts where the environment agency are warning of the worst storm surge in 60 years. those deadly floods of 1953 took the lives of more than 350 people in england and scotland as the torrent of water hit the coastline. today's storm is now heading for northern europe taking the stormy weather away from the uk with the danger of flooding...
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again the police have moved in to formation throughout the city. all sending some very dark signals about where things are headed. >> the u.s. role, you talk about diplomatic maneuvering, what is -- in trying to urge the ukraine back to the eu. >> we saw quite a bit of discussion. the joe biden urged him not town leash force on the demonstrators. we saw how badly things went when there was a police crackdown on independence square on november 30th. the assistant secretary of state was in moscow pleading with kremlin officials to help bring this situation to some sort of solution to help ukraine find a path back to getting economic aid package that it needs from the international monitor fund. of course russia is keen on minute takening its influence here. they are said to be preparing their own rescue package. but none of that seems possible as long as there are thousands of protestors and thousands of ryeout police massing on the streets. >> ifill: is there anyone in a position to broker some sort of an agreement? >> not right now. it seems until
again the police have moved in to formation throughout the city. all sending some very dark signals about where things are headed. >> the u.s. role, you talk about diplomatic maneuvering, what is -- in trying to urge the ukraine back to the eu. >> we saw quite a bit of discussion. the joe biden urged him not town leash force on the demonstrators. we saw how badly things went when there was a police crackdown on independence square on november 30th. the assistant secretary of state...
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two war attacks disrupted the iraqi city in recent days. this is an assault on intelligence headquarters and a shopping mall. suicide bombers were followed by snipers and gun men. ten people were killed and more than a hundred wounded in the 12-hour attack. then sunday, a series of car bombs around the city killed another ten people. adding the syrian kurds to this mix would make iraq even more volatile says omar. hitting syrian kurds against iraqi kurds and exacerbating tensions in iraq as it happened in next door syria. >> the radicalization is going to increase and different funds within syrian war are going to increase. the kurdish complex within syria is going to increase. that's going to have major effects. >> what does the united states have at stake in all this. >> its allies in the region are really suffering, tremendous consequences with the syrian state sailing on the borders of lebanon, israel, iraq, jordan and turkey. the longer that this conflict goes on, the greater this problem gets. >> putting at further risk the stability
two war attacks disrupted the iraqi city in recent days. this is an assault on intelligence headquarters and a shopping mall. suicide bombers were followed by snipers and gun men. ten people were killed and more than a hundred wounded in the 12-hour attack. then sunday, a series of car bombs around the city killed another ten people. adding the syrian kurds to this mix would make iraq even more volatile says omar. hitting syrian kurds against iraqi kurds and exacerbating tensions in iraq as it...
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the culture of the city as a whole so that we... instead of seeing elderly new yorkers as a deficit, as a problem to be solved, instead we say the world is fundamentally a changing place. we're living longer, we're living healthier, and older new yorkers now are here in numbers that have surpassed anything in history. >> sreenivasan: one key ingredient to the initiative is listening to seniors, according to ruth finkelstein of the new york academy of medicine. she leads the initiatives private sector efforts. >> everything we do is grounded in the perspectives and voices of older adults. the first thing that they have to realize is, we don't stand in the shoes of the people that we're addressing and that we need first and foremost to understand the city through their perspective. >> sreenivasan: the program is now up and running in all five boroughs including manhattan, where we met up with ed and sarah aarons. they can't imagine living anywhere but here. >> it's all near what's happening, what's happening in the world. i can't conc
the culture of the city as a whole so that we... instead of seeing elderly new yorkers as a deficit, as a problem to be solved, instead we say the world is fundamentally a changing place. we're living longer, we're living healthier, and older new yorkers now are here in numbers that have surpassed anything in history. >> sreenivasan: one key ingredient to the initiative is listening to seniors, according to ruth finkelstein of the new york academy of medicine. she leads the initiatives...
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from here the food is loaded onto smaller trucks and delivered throughout the city before sunrise. more than 90% of the food in singapore's grocery stores like this one comes from foreign countries. that makes local, urban produce like skygreens a premium novelty for customers. but to some it's much more than that. it's an insurance policy. >> reporter: supermarkets buy food from dozens of other countries as a defense against climate-related disruptions in the global food chain. but the national institute of education's lee sing kong, says that even that may not be enough to guarantee a steady food supply in the future. >> we do anticipate that the need for our own production to a certain level of self- sufficiency. i think the government has set a target, initial target of 10% to 20% of our need and if we can achieve that i think there will be a great feat that we have attained. >> reporter: singapore recently invested $20 million in a fund to boost domestic food production through new farming technologies like skygreens. but lee says incentives alone aren't enough. first, he says
from here the food is loaded onto smaller trucks and delivered throughout the city before sunrise. more than 90% of the food in singapore's grocery stores like this one comes from foreign countries. that makes local, urban produce like skygreens a premium novelty for customers. but to some it's much more than that. it's an insurance policy. >> reporter: supermarkets buy food from dozens of other countries as a defense against climate-related disruptions in the global food chain. but the...